Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
mchost.exe
McAfee Core API by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | 6,8,703,0 |
| MD5: | 809f02284a14eec9e19ccedd3353db94 |
| SHA1: | 12f4f3dc0123fdf5dca017a3bb6c03e91879d70e |
What is mchost.exe?
McAfee Core API is part of McAfee SecurityCenter, a security solution that allows users to monitor their computer's security status and to know instantly whether their computer's virus, spyware, e-mail, and firewall protection services are up-to-date. Most McAfee SecurityCenter builds offer trial subscriptions to McAfee’s security software.
Overview
mchost.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
mcsvhost.exe (McAfee Shared Service Host by McAfee). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by McAfee which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | mchost.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee Core API |
| Description: | McAfee Host |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\mcafee\core\mchost.exe |
| File version: | 6,8,703,0 |
| Product version: | 6,8,0,0 |
| Size: | 159.3 KB (163,128 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/31/2013 12:22 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, October 6, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, January 1, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004521% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002382% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002138% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.31 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.77 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 70.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 75.3 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.19 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.33 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 258 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004295% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001909% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002386% | |
| CPU cycles: | 636/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| mchost.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001909% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001909% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 169/sec | |
| Memory: | 176 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
16.67% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of McAfee Core API.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
50.00% |
|
| Dell |
50.00% |
|
